

CanadiEM Podcasts: CRACKCast, ClerkCast, CarmsCast, First Year Diaries
The CanadiEM.org Team
CanadiEM aims to improve emergency care in Canada by building an online community of practice for healthcare practitioners and providing them with high quality, freely available educational resources. Our podcasts are found on this channel and include:
CRACKCast (Core Rosen's and Clinical Knowledge) helps residents to "Turn on their learn on" through podcasts that assist with exam prep by covering essential core content.
ClerkCast: A podcast focused on clinical clerks and their time in emergency medicine. It provides an overview of key topics that help you to rock your EM rotations.
First Year Diaries: A podcast focused on the first year of independent clinical practice in emergency medicine and all of its trials and tribulations.
Physicians as Humans explores the struggles that physicians face and how they have overcome them. From addictions, mental health issues, and all manner of personal crises will be discussed to help let those who are currently struggling know that they are not alone.
CRACKCast (Core Rosen's and Clinical Knowledge) helps residents to "Turn on their learn on" through podcasts that assist with exam prep by covering essential core content.
ClerkCast: A podcast focused on clinical clerks and their time in emergency medicine. It provides an overview of key topics that help you to rock your EM rotations.
First Year Diaries: A podcast focused on the first year of independent clinical practice in emergency medicine and all of its trials and tribulations.
Physicians as Humans explores the struggles that physicians face and how they have overcome them. From addictions, mental health issues, and all manner of personal crises will be discussed to help let those who are currently struggling know that they are not alone.
Episodes
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Jun 28, 2016 • 20min
CRACKCast E028 - Jaundice
This episode covers Chapter 28 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine. Episode overview: 1) Describe heme metabolism 2) List common pre-hepatic/hepatic/post-hepatic causes of jaundice Wisecracks: 1) What are clinical signs of liver disease? 2) What laboratory tests can be useful in a jaundiced patient? 3) List the triad of acute hepatic failure 4) List and describe 6 critical causes of jaundice 5) What are 3 causes of jaundice in pregnancy?

Jun 15, 2016 • 20min
CRACKCast E027 - Abdominal Pain
This episode covers Chapter 27 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine. Episode overview: List and explain 8 causes of life-threatening abdominal pain List 15 causes of extra-abdominopelvic abdominal pain Wisecracks: Why is WBC of so little utility in abdominal pain? When is an abdominal x-ray useful in investigating abdominal pain?

Jun 6, 2016 • 7min
CRACKCast E026 - Chest Pain
This episode covers Chapter 26 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine. Episode overview: List 6 critical causes of chest pain Wisecracks: Walk through a systems approach to chest pain including common and uncommon causes of chest pain Outline your approach to the person with sudden onset severe chest pain

Jun 2, 2016 • 23min
Physicians as Humans E01 - An Addiction that Almost Killed Me
On behalf of the Physicians as Humans project, I’m thrilled to present the first episode of the series: “Addiction in a medical student.” If you are unfamiliar with the project, please read this post to learn about the podcast series' origins. In this first episode I speak with a Canadian medical student about his personal battle with drug addiction during medical school. He candidly describes his experience and the powerful impact it has had on his future as a physician. This is an ongoing project, so if you or anyone you know have a story about managing personal struggles while in medicine, please contact velmurug@ualberta.ca. Thanks for listening! Niresha, Physicians as Humans Project Music for Physicians as Humans Episode 01 ambient by strange day https://soundcloud.com/strange-day Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music provided by Music for Creators https://youtu.be/_CxScpf_Dds untitled by NICKV. https://soundcloud.com/nickvmusik Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music provided by Music for Creators https://youtu.be/c9y0bwX2kSQ Fireflies by Muciojad https://soundcloud.com/muciojad Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music provided by Music for Creators https://youtu.be/nlFVU2SSBHA I Am A Man That Will Fight For Your Honour by Chris Zabriskie Indie Disco by Ben Fawkes https://soundcloud.com/benfawkes Creative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported— CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ Music provided by Music for Creators https://youtu.be/9yN_wLfNA9g Your Heart Beats Like Mine by Crimson Mourn https://soundcloud.com/crimson-mourn Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music provided by Music for Creators https://youtu.be/45BYLXYmLEI All songs have been modified for the project

Jun 1, 2016 • 11min
CRACKCast E025 - Dyspnea
This episode covers Chapter 25 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine. Episode overview: List 10 critical causes of dyspnea Wisecracks: Outline your approach to the acutely dyspneic patient Name 6 uncommon causes of dyspnea

Jun 1, 2016 • 12min
CRACKCast E024 - Hemoptysis
This episode covers Chapter 24 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine. Episode overview: Describe the management of massive hemoptysis List the 12 causes of hemoptysis Wisecracks: How do you tease out other hemoptysis mimics?

Jun 1, 2016 • 14min
CRACKCast E023 - Sore Throat
This episode covers Chapter 23 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine. Episode overview: List 8 Emergent Diagnoses for the chief complaint of sore throat List the most common viral, bacterial, and non-infectious causes of sore throat List at least 8 Describe the modified Centor Criteria and their use Wisecracks: Describe the pros and cons of antibiotics for suspected or confirmed acute GAS pharyngitis (see Rosen’s page 202) Other than Group B Strep, name 6 agents causing exudative pharyngitis

May 22, 2016 • 21min
CRACKCast E022 - Red and Painful Eye
This episode covers Chapter 22 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine. Episode overview: Describe the Relative Afferent Pupillary Defect, how it is diagnosed, and list a differential diagnoses for this finding List 6 treatment options for Acute Angle Closure Glaucoma Describe 5 history or physical exam findings that distinguish between periorbital cellulitis and orbital cellulitis Wisecracks: What are the causes of exophthalmos? How can you differentiate between viral and bacterial conjunctivitis? Causes of anisocoria?

May 15, 2016 • 17min
CRACKCast E021 - Diplopia
This episode covers Chapter 21 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine. Episode overview: List the differential diagnosis (critical emergent, urgent) for Diplopia Including at least 7 causes of binocular diplopia Describe the mechanisms of normal extraocular movements Describe the specific cranial nerve palsies causing diplopia Wisecracks: What are the 5 most important questions to ask yourself about diplopia? Describe your approach to diplopia in the sick patient

May 6, 2016 • 16min
CRACKCast E020 - Headache
This episode covers Chapter 20 of Rosen's Emergency Medicine. Episode overview: List 7 life threatening causes of headaches List 5 red flags on history for headaches When should you perform a CT before performing a LP? Describe 8 clinical findings indicative of elevated ICP Wisecracks: Describe 5 CT findings suggestive of elevated ICP List 7 non-life threatening causes of headache